Tuesday, May 22, 2012

N-SCALE/ 1/144 PLASTER RECAST (Diorama pending)

I took advantage of the warm weather this past Sunday and tried my hand at recasting some Greenmax N-Scale buildings for a project........ I still have never completed, I still have this urge to build a city scene..haha (4 those that know)

I have decided to scale it down to a 1/144 size instead of HO=1/100 scale for a few reason's, less space to be taken up/ less exact details needed (opposed to larger scale)...As I have learned from my friend Jerry over at Quinntopia by using optical illusions via paper / styrene strips for lack of better description / and last but not least...save's on materials / supplies .

The only DOWN SIDE too working with plaster in this small scale is the structural integrity is much more fragile than 1/35 th scale buildings....(as you may notice..I already have breakage), the whole purpose is to realistically damage a building or 2....BUT not SCRAP a perfectly good plastic kit if not needed.

I don't really have a time line for completion, but I wanted to share this anyways.